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Learn how to set limits, it will help you achieve your financial goals

Learn how to set limits, it will help you achieve your financial goals

Although setting boundaries around money can sometimes be a daunting task, it can help put you on the path to financial well-being. If you’re having trouble setting (and sticking to) financial boundaries, there’s no better time than the start of a new year to get into the habit. What are the financial limits? “Financial boundaries …

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Almost 62?  What you need to know about the 8.7% COLA of social security

Almost 62? What you need to know about the 8.7% COLA of social security

Ascent/Pks Media Inc. | Photodisc | Getty Images Current Social Security recipients are set to receive an 8.7% increase in their benefits for 2023 starting this month, thanks to the highest cost-of-living adjustment in 40 years. If you are at or near the Social Security retirement benefit eligibility age of 62, you may be wondering …

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New 401(k), IRA rules make it easier to tap into emergency savings

New 401(k), IRA rules make it easier to tap into emergency savings

Catherine McQueen | time | Getty Images It will soon be easier for cash-strapped Americans to tap into their retirement savings for emergency expenses. President Joe Biden is set to sign a $1.7 trillion bill that changes the rules around so-called 401(k) plan hardship distributions. The measures are embedded in “Secure 2.0”, a set of …

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New 401(k), IRA rules make it easier to tap into emergency savings

New 401(k), IRA rules make it easier to tap into emergency savings

Catherine McQueen | time | Getty Images It will soon be easier for cash-strapped Americans to tap into their retirement savings for emergency expenses. President Joe Biden is set to sign a $1.7 trillion bill that changes the rules around so-called 401(k) plan hardship distributions. The measures are embedded in “Secure 2.0”, a set of …

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Are you on the right track for retirement?  How a financial plan can help you

Are you on the right track for retirement? How a financial plan can help you

Investing money for retirement can be daunting, especially since it’s common for future retirees to wonder if they’ll have enough money to see them through their golden years. There are a few rules of thumb to help you determine where you are at with retirement savings. An analysis found that you would need to have …

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Are you on the right track for retirement?  How a financial plan can help you

Are you on the right track for retirement? How a financial plan can help you

Investing money for retirement can be daunting, especially since it’s common for future retirees to wonder if they’ll have enough money to see them through their golden years. There are a few rules of thumb to help you determine where you are at with retirement savings. An analysis found that you would need to have …

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FTSE 100 Live October 28: Amazon shares slide, Musk completes Twitter takeover

FTSE 100 Live November 18: October retail sales improve, supermarket grocer sales weak

1668767907 Biffa CFO resigns to join DS Smith Biffa’s chief financial officer is leaving the FTSE 250 waste management company to take up the same role at DS Smith, the FTSE 100 packaging group. Richard Pike will leave the company, which handles the waste of around 2million Londoners, no later than April 30 after managing …

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